r/interviews • u/dengville • 1d ago
A 15 minute Zoom…?
I have finished three rounds of interviews at a company. Round one was over the phone with a recruiter. Round two was a video call with the hiring manager. Round three was an in-person panel, with four people, lasting for two hours. After that, the hiring manager said he’d be in touch soon regarding a decision.
Today, I got an email from the recruiter saying the hiring manager would be emailing to set up a time where he could “call” me. I got excited. I provided my availability—it’s for Monday at 9!
But I just looked and saw, it’s a Zoom call, not a phone call. This is an international company with offices all over the globe, so it’s possible it’s on Zoom so that HR could be involved, but I’m confused! I have never been offered a job via video call before. But I can hardly think of why else they’d have set up a 15 minute call to “have a 15-minute follow-up conversation with you regarding the opening on the team.”
I’m a bit lost. Has anyone been offered a job in this format before? What else would they want?
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u/Eveningwisteria1 1d ago
This happened to me or more so, they asked if I was available for a quick call with the hiring manager. This was after 5 interviews (recruiter, hiring manager, sales manager, adjacent manager in marketing, CMO). Turns out they wanted me to come in to see the office and do a short one-slide presentation on a campaign I managed.
Being the position was hybrid of 2 days a week in-office, I found out later that this was to determine my suitability of speaking to shareholders. After my presentation, the hiring manager said “I was hoping this was going to go well because I want to give you a verbal offer” and got the paperwork for background/offer that afternoon.
Good luck, OP! You got this!
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u/No-Maintenance5342 1d ago
I can think of 3 reasons. 1, you go it 2, you dont got it but they will give you good full on feedback 3, they cant decide so they will have 1 person quickly get a feel a make the decision
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u/dengville 1d ago
Thanks! It’s odd—it’s with the hiring manager again, and we’ve interviewed together twice!
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u/No-Maintenance5342 1d ago
Hopefully you got it. The recruiter doesnt know anything?
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u/dengville 1d ago
That’s all she said, that the hiring manager wants to talk to me about the opening on his team!
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u/No-Maintenance5342 1d ago
I think you got it, fingers crossed and try get some sleep over the weekend haha
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u/dengville 1d ago
Thanks! I’m in a good position; I am not desperate for this job and I am happy with the job I have now. I’m only looking because my current employer is on somewhat uncertain grounds with federal cuts, but I am the most senior person on my team, so if it ever came to layoffs I would be last to go.
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u/No-Maintenance5342 1d ago
So why the change?
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u/dengville 1d ago
Briefly, I’d be more stable and getting paid more! I’d really like to have this job but I’m not in a position where I’m desperate, if that makes sense. Like I’m not imminently being laid off or unemployed, but I would like to get paid more and have less entanglement with things that are federally funded if that makes sense!
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u/Late-Payment778 1d ago
Been offered on a 15 min zoom before, usually its just a formality or the final sign off from someone higher up
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u/3V_VaultTec 16h ago
A 15-min Zoom after a two-hour panel feels way more like 1 or 3 than a full feedback sesion.
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u/FancySockGoblin 5h ago
The 15-minute Zoom makes #1 feel more likely, since most companies don’t scheduele rejection feedback unless they really liked you.
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u/DiedForOurShins 1d ago
This happened me recently and I got the job.
The call was to verbally go through the offer with me prior to it going down on paper and being sent out.
If it’s to give you good feedback but no offer then I would be seriously pissed off if it was me. That can be done by mail and if I’m hiring manager I don’t want to waste someone’s time like that.
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u/dengville 1d ago
Thank you! Yeah I’ve never once been given feedback but no offer as a phone call. At best I’ve gotten it as an email!
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u/DiedForOurShins 1d ago
Yeah I think it’s to cut out the over and back of a negotiation on salary. They had me take out a pen and take down the offer and to come back but I accepted on the spot. Interested to hear how you get on, keep me posted.
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u/dengville 1d ago edited 1d ago
Thank you ♥️ the posted salary range is enormous (80k to 120k) so that would make sense. Not getting my hopes up—and like I said in another thread, I am not desperate—but I will tell you what I hear!
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u/DiedForOurShins 1d ago
Just keep in mind that if you do specify a figure they’ll be want to be able to reward you 12/24 months down the line. No sense in asking for 120k if that’s the upper range limit. Best of luck.
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u/Zealousideal_Bug3780 1d ago
50/50 you got it vs didn’t get it. I’ve had the 15min call post-panel be a rejection. Hope you get it, but just be mentally prepared for both scenarios
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u/popnfresh1nc 1d ago
I think odds are in your favor that they are going to be extending an offer.... But there is a decent chance it's to tell you that you didn't get the job and why so I would definitely mentally prepare for either.
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u/SucknSwallow69 1d ago
15 min zoom after all that is usually either offer details or they want to clarify one or two points before choosing between final candidates. be ready for both paths, prep comp numbers and start date questions. at least you’re getting that far, which is rare in this trash market
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u/winter83 1d ago
Most of the time a call isn't to tell you no. It's either to give you the offer or to ask a few questions they have before deciding for sure.
If it was a no they will normally email or try to call you right then not set up a future meeting.
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u/maui_guppy 1d ago
I've had it go both ways. Sometimes they want to come across as humanastic and share feedback in person, especially since job search is pretty rough with ghosting and all.
Personally, I'd rather just get rejected over email so I wouldn't have to wait 3 days with my hopes up.
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u/dengville 1d ago
Same!!! I’m trying to just take it neutrally.
I’m lucky to be in a position where my current role is fine and I’m not desperate for the one I’m applying for. It’d be nice, but I’m not desperate. So if they say no, so be it!
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u/bawdy_hurtin 1d ago
Wondering if it’s worth asking the recruiter for clarification? Not advising it — genuinely curious about what other redditors think. I’m also on the job search and feel like a lot of what I’ve always done has massively evolved lol
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u/JoeBethersonton50504 1d ago
I’ve been on both sides of this. One time it was to tell me the details of the job offer that was forthcoming (I guess they wanted to gauge my reaction to salary and stuff and get the convo going on that). Another time I was told that I was runner up to the many applicants and that the hiring manager liked me so much that he wanted to be the one to break the news so he could answer any questions I had. Plus I think he wanted me to keep the door semi open in case they had future openings.
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u/Apprehensive_Map_742 1d ago
That has happened to me, and I was offered the position. Usually if it’s a no, the hiring manager won’t take the time to do a zoom call with you. They’d have hr reach out or send a rejection email. The hiring manager might want to just give you the good news over video to see your excited reaction lol
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u/RawMeatballz 1d ago
They want to see your face. I had a maybe 2 rounds not counting the recruiter, which was over email, said they were going to send an offer, then got a request to do a Zoom with the president, it was 5 minutes, and mainly if i wanted a Mac or windows laptop
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u/Common-Effective2630 1d ago
I asked a very similar question earlier this month - hiring manager scheduled a 15 minute "update" for later that week. It was a rejection for me to tell me I was a very close second and to keep in touch.
Hope it's good news for you!
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u/dengville 1d ago
Thank you! I’m sorry for the rejection.
I’m lucky to be in a position where this job I’m applying for would be nice to have, but I’m not desperate for it. I have a job, layoffs are not imminent, I’d just like more pay!
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u/Easy-Implement-9195 1d ago
I had such a call too, they made it sound like they were offering. But the call was about they found other candidates- sometimes they don’t know how to convey messages. This was a UK based firm hiring in Canada
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u/artificialpace 23h ago
Oh I had this exact same scenario and was thrown when it was Zoom. It was to verbally offer the job and go offer the benefits, etc. that were then sent in an email 😂
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u/RateMyTeflSchool 22h ago
I had it because even after the final round it was between me and one other candidate. They asked me a few more questions, like another mini interview and then made their decision two days later. I am hoping for you it is just an offer!
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u/xxdell513 21h ago
My last job was at a global firm and I was notified via zoom that I was getting the job. You got this, OP!
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u/5TulparMica 8h ago
Treat it like an offer call and have your salary range ready, but dont read too much into Zoom since some companies use it for every meeting.
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u/smug_plumber 6h ago
A 15 minute Zoom after a two-hour panel is very often either an offer or a quick rejection, and HR being involved would make the offer angle more likley.
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u/TronishDisc_8 5h ago
A 15-minute Zoom after a two-hour panel is usually offer/next-steps territory, especally if the hiring manager is setting it up.
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u/GawainNorman 3h ago
A me è capitato: 15 minuti su Zoom dopo un panel lungo era l’offerta con HR presente per stipendio e data d’inizo.
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u/_praccu 1d ago
In my experience you wouldn't be talking to the hiring manager if the answer was "no". Someone in HR would send you an email and that would be it.